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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Drawing of sleeping nude bacchantes with grapes and wine vessel in a forest, with a cupid and satyrs above.

Sleeping Bacchantes

after François Boucher Jacques Charlier, 3rd quarter of the 18th century

Etching of a large oak where a man lifts a small child toward a high branch, with rocky ground and distant mountains.

The Rescue of the Infant Oedipus

Salvator Rosa, 1663

Pen and brown wash drawing of Juno seated on clouds with a small winged child beside her, within a ruled border.

Juno Seated on the Clouds

Luigi Brenta, early 19th century

Title page engraving of a fox walking before a city skyline with a tall tower and church domes.

Bertoldo con Bertoldino e Cacasenno

after Giuseppe Maria Crespi Ludovico Mattioli, 1736

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a group of draped figures gathered at the lower right.

Diana and Her Companions in a Landscape

Luigi Brenta, early 19th century

Watercolor drawing of two armored knights jousting on horseback, one horse in green caparison, a broken lance on the ground.

German Joust of Peace

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored jousting knights on horseback, with broken lances and striped green and brown capar

Mixed Jousts of War and Peace

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor drawing of two armored knights jousting on horseback, one in red and grey, one in green, with broken lances.

German Joust of Peace in High Saddles

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of a green-clad armored knight beside a horse with a fallen rider in striped cloth.

Joust of Peace in Leg Armor

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Colored drawing of two armored knights jousting on striped horses, one knight fallen, with spectators watching from a wooden

Mock Joust of War with Fixed Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Watercolor of two armored knights in a joust, one thrown from a blue-draped horse, with broken lances and a flying shield.

Mock Joust of War with Flying Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Pen and watercolor drawing of two armored knights on horseback in a mock joust, with splintering shields flying.

Mock Joust of War with Flying and Exploding Shields

Unknown artist, c.1512-1515

Engraving of a haloed bearded saint in a hooded robe and cloak, holding a saw with a serrated blade.

The Apostle Simon Zelotes

Master E. S., c. 1460/1465

Pen and gray wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds with angels, above two kneeling veiled women gazing upward.

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Two Female Monastics

Unknown artist, c. 1700

Lithograph of Redcliffe Church in Bristol, showing its tall Gothic tower and flying buttresses with carts and pedestrians in

Scenery of Bristol

Francis Danby, Samuel Jackson, and James Johnson, 1823

Engraving of the Madonna and Child with two angels and a sleeping female saint in the foreground, surrounded by radiating lig

Vision of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

after Lodovico Carracci Anonymous, late 17th century

Lithograph portrait of a young man with curly hair in period dress, leaning on a ledge and holding a rolled paper.

Self-Portrait

Giuseppe Elena, 1820s

Pencil sketch on an oval sheet of several men: a standing figure with raised arm, a top-hatted man, and a small portrait head

Studies of Dogs and Men [verso]

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1840-1850

Etching of two figures walking a path between tall slender trees, framed by dense hatched foliage on both sides.

Petit paysage en hauteur (Small Landscape)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, c. 1876

Pencil sketch of an ornate salon with draped curtains, a standing bearded man, and a seated figure on a tiled floor.

The Salon

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Pencil sketch on paper showing several studies of figures, including a man in a wide-brimmed hat and a bearded man in a cap.

Preliminary Sketch for "The Passage" (La Traversee)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Pencil sketch of a horse pulling a cab with a driver seated at the back, with loose rain-like hatching.

The Cab

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Pen and wash sketch of a grazing sheep, two smaller sheep, a cottage with trees, and a standing figure.

Three Sheep by a Cottage (recto)/Sketches of Cows (verso)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Drawing of an imaginary classical colonnade with Corinthian columns, vaulted ceilings, and a small soldier with a dog below.

Architectural Capriccio with a Soldier and Dog

Vittorio Maria Bigari, mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of four muscular men on clouds, one writing in an open book, with an eagle and a lion nearby.

The Four Evangelists

after Luca Cambiaso Anonymous, 1560s

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Virgin in glory surrounded by clouds, cherubs and rays of light.

The Virgin in Glory

Workshop of Luca Cambiaso, c. 1563/1564

Pen and ink sketch of several putti grouped among clouds, drawn in loose contour lines on pale paper.

Putti in the Clouds

after Luca Cambiaso Italian 17th/18th century, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of a robed saint gazing up at clustered cherubs and clouds, with a pedestal at right.

Vision of Saint Anthony of Padua

Circle of Donato Creti, mid-18th century

Grey wash drawing of two women in full skirts and upswept hair, with sketched figures behind them.

Two Women of Pleasure

Constantin Guys, 1860s?

Pen and ink drawing of Christ carrying the cross among soldiers and onlookers before classical architecture, on an arched she

Christ Carrying the Cross

formerly attributed to Alessandro Maganza Anonymous, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch with red chalk of a crowd of figures on an arched sheet, depicting Christ Carrying the Cross.

Christ Carrying the Cross

formerly attributed to Alessandro Maganza Anonymous, late 16th century

Red chalk sketch of the Descent from the Cross, with figures on a ladder, a draped woman at right, and a crouching figure at

The Descent from the Cross (recto)

formerly attributed to Federico Barocci Anonymous, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude man being whipped at a column in a classical interior with onlookers.

The Flagellation

Daniele Crespi, c. 1629

Brown wash drawing of a figure with a stick on a path, beside a hill with trees and a small building.

Landscape along a Riverbank with a Figure

Alphonse Legros, 1905

Pen and ink sketch of robed figures on steps, one raising an arm, with a crowd of onlookers at right.

Figures on Steps (Studies for an Assumption of the Virgin)

Attributed to Carlo Maratta, late 17th century

Pen and brown ink study sheet with figures, a standing woman, a kneeling nude, a winged angel and smaller sketches.

A Sheet of Studies for the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Palma il Giovane, late 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of two soldiers clasping arms beneath a winged figure holding a laurel wreath, with figure studies

Two Soldiers Crowned by Victory

Palma il Giovane, c. 1580

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated female figure in drapery holding an olive branch and a large shield.

Minerva Holding a Shield and Branch

Palma il Giovane, late 16th century

Red chalk sketch of rising winged and human figures on toned paper, study for an apotheosis composition.

Apotheosis of Saint George

Sebastiano Ricci, 1693/1694

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated man facing a standing woman holding a jar, by Sebastiano Ricci.

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

Sebastiano Ricci, 1718

Brown ink and wash sketch of several standing female figures in varied poses, studies by William Etty.

Studies for Joan of Arc

William Etty, 1843/1847

Pen and brown ink elevation drawing of a classical building with colonnade, statues in niches, and a domed clock tower.

Architectural Study

Giuseppe Valeriani, mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a landscape with an arched stone bridge, a horseback rider, figures, trees, and distant villa b

Landscape with a Bridge

Francesco Zuccarelli, mid-18th century

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a robe speaking with a woman leaning over a round stone well under a swirling sky.

Rebecca at the Well

after Luca Cambiaso Anonymous, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of armored horsemen fighting in a dense battle, with rearing horses and fallen soldiers.

A Battle on Horseback

Domenico Campagnola, 1510s

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowned ruler on a throne with women and courtiers approaching in an arched hall.

Esther before Ahasuerus

Giovanni Guerra, late 16th century

Charcoal drawing of a woman washing at a woodland stream beside a fence and cottage, framed by tall trees.

Landscape with a Washerwoman

Adolph Menzel, c. 1890

Engraved landscape of a kneeling penitent before a rocky cave, with a skull, book and hourglass in the foreground.

Landscape with Penitent Saints

Veronese 16th Century, 16th Century

Engraved landscape with twisted trees, rocks, a figure by water, and a distant village and mountains under clouds.

Narcissus

Etienne Dupérac, late 16th century

Etching of Saint Roch with a halo giving alms to a crowd of poor figures beneath colonnaded arches.

Saint Roch Distributing Alms

after Annibale Carracci Guido Reni, 1610

Engraved sheet of five panels with a central bearded male head and mythological figures in surrounding scenes.

The Obsequies of Agostino Carracci: First Plate

Guido Reni, after Francesco Brizio, Giacomo Cavedone, Agostino Carracci, and Alessandro Albino, 1603

Engraving with five framed allegorical scenes showing winged figures, mourners, a haloed figure and clouds.

The Obsequies of Agostino Carracci: Second Plate

Guido Reni, after Ippolito Ferrantino, G. B. Bertusi, Sebastiano Rozali, Lucio Massai, and G. B. Busi, 1603

Engraved sheet with six small allegorical scenes and a central head, with handwritten attribution notes in blue ink below.

The Obsequies of Agostino Carracci: Third Plate

Guido Reni, after Giulio Cesare Parigino, after Lorenzo Garbieri, Giovanni Luigi Valesio, Aurelio Bonelli, Lodovico Carracci, and Lorenzo Garbieri, 1603

Engraving of Christ at a well speaking with the Samaritan woman, disciples nearby, with a town and trees in the background.

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

after Annibale Carracci Francesco Brizio, 1595 (published 1610)

Etching of a winged guardian angel pointing upward while leading a small child across a rocky landscape.

Guardian Angel

Simone Cantarini, 1640s

Etching of the Circumcision of Christ: Mary holds the infant on a table as a priest works, with putti and a caged dove below.

The Circumcision of Christ

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1650/1657

Etching of the dead Christ supported by two angels in an oval frame, with a crown of thorns on the ground.

The Body of Christ

Giuseppe Diamantini, late 17th century

Etching of Saint Jerome seated beside a tree with a cross and lion, while three putti play near the lion.

Saint Jerome

Pietro Testa, 1631/1637

Etching of a staff-bearing man beside a large urn, with a cherub, seated figures, books and a ruined column in the background

Temporalis Aeternitas [Second Version]

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1655

Etching of draped figures gathered before a stone tomb inscribed Temporalis Aeternitas, with classical sculpture and ruins ar

Temporalis Aeternitas

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645

Etching of a woman and boy beside a kneeling man at a stone base, with ruins, carved reliefs and foliage behind.

Theseus Finding Aegeus' Arms

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645

Etching of an allegorical scene with a bearded man pointing at a pedestal, an urn, garlands, a seated woman, and a child.

Temporalis Aeternitas [Second Version]

after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Anonymous, late 17th century

Etching of a woman holding a drinking child beside a bending man and a dog, with resting peasants and a stone wall nearby.

A Drinking Child with Resting Peasants

Sébastien Bourdon, 1636/1640

Etching of the Holy Family on an arch with two infants, a lamb, an elderly man with a staff, and classical ruins.

Holy Family Seated on an Arch

Sébastien Bourdon, 1642/1652